Comments on: Asus RT-BE96U Review: An Exciting AiMesh Router with Real Wi-Fi 7 https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/ And THAT's Good for YOU! Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-69216 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:17:25 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-69216 In reply to John p.

It is indeed confusing, John. I’d say you gain little (if anything at all) with MLO unless you have a FULLY WIRELESS mesh system. But in any case, you can use the router’s SDN (Guest Network Pro) feature to create multiple SSIDs of whichever band(s) you want for segmenting your network. That takes a bit of time to set up to your liking but it works.

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-69213 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:08:14 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-69213 In reply to Edward.

I already did and you’ll see it in the performance charts of newer reviews, such as this one, Edward. I can’t afford to re-review all hardware when I review a new one. Most important: Don’t put too much hope and expectation on MLO—more here.

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By: John p https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-69211 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 01:59:37 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-69211 Hi Dong,
I’m looking to upgrade my network to wifi 7 and I’ve read this article along with your MLO article and I’m trying to see what is the best way to set up the router. I have multiple different types of clients to just 2.4 , 5 , 6, and even a few wifi 7 phones.

i currently set up individual bands 2.4, and 5…I’m guessing if you do that you will loose MLO. BUT love control over what bands the clients connect to?

use smart connect option?? I am hesitant with this as I like control a
and had drop issues in the past.

or use MLO option?? is this just an enhanced smart connect option? will my 2.4 clients still connect? will this option cause issues.

it’s very confusing.

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By: Edward https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-69209 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:35:03 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-69209 Any chance we could get a retest of this with MLO enabled? Seems like it should be in the firmware now, and it would be great to have a comparison against the MLO performance of the BQ16 Pro!

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-64711 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:35:51 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-64711 In reply to Ezra I Litton.

There are all here, Ezra, or this list on the best of them. As for the number of devices, check out this post on routers.

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By: Ezra I Litton https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-64710 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:13:33 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-64710 Hello Dong, Do you know of any routers I can purchase that will have a minimum of 2.5GB Ethernet ports? I would prefer a 2.5GB or even better, a 10GB WAN Port to connect to my ISP. But inside my home I wish I could have 2.5GB to connect my ethernet devices to. I have an Asus router set up using lan backhaul over 1gb ports. One final thought is I am concerned about the limited number of devices. For Example Aus AX86u says 35 connected devices, does this include those connected via ethernet?

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-64006 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 18:19:21 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-64006 In reply to Chris.

This setting is part of QoS, Chris, and not all routers have it seperated nor do all vendors call it SQM. It seems you’ve been reading too much marketing nonsense. 🙂

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By: Chris https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-63999 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:53:19 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-63999 Does this router have Smart Queue Management (SQM)? How can you tell from the specs page, as I am not seeing it listed.
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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-63631 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:54:36 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-63631 In reply to Raiz.

Because during the first round of reviews, the routers didn’t have firmware that support Wi-Fi 7 and there was no Wi-Fi 7 clients or the clients didn’t have the software driver that support the standard. Etc. More here.

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By: Raiz https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be96u-be19000-tri-band-wi-fi-7-router-review/#comment-63630 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:50:42 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=97317#comment-63630 In reply to Dong Ngo.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding but why would you need to retest them everytime a new wifi7 router comes out? Just seeing their be 6ghz result is enough, to compare with other routers’ be 6ghz results

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